Claudia Spahr, member of the Management Board for Leather Naturally, is stepping down as Team Leader of Communications and a vacancy to fill her role is now open to prospective candidates. Read More...
Industry organisation Leather Naturally has announced its changes to the Management Board and Supervisory Council after a member vote.
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On April 14 the Rainforest Foundation Norway published a report “Driving deforestation: The European automotive industry’s contribution to deforestation in Brazil”, in which it accuses carmakers and Groupe Renault of contributing to deforestation of the Amazon rainforest by sourcing leather from Brazilian tanners.
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In ILM’s new column ‘Against the grain’, Sam Setter shares his views on the issues affecting the leather industry around the world. His first piece examines the problems that have prevented leather parks to live up to expectations and become the beacons of tanning communities around the world.
Read More...This month’s key industry players answer the question: How can we encourage younger generations to buy garments, leather goods and footwear made with leather?
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PR Aqeel Ahmed, Chairman, India Council for Leather Exports (CLE), says he expects the Indian leather and leather products industries will grow by around 5% in 2020 after exports fell in value terms in the last fiscal year. Ahmed was speaking during the first full day of the 35th India International Leather Fair (IILF) in Chennai on February 1.
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Responding to an increasing demand by leather stakeholders, the Leather Naturally initiative is to create “a state-of-the-art multimedia platform” to actively engage with consumers. It is also seeking further support from the industry to fund the campaign.
Read More...The German automotive manufacturer has confirmed an investment to modernise and extend its production plant located in São José dos Pinhais, Brazilian state of Parana.
Read More...The Italian Group’s new power plant will produce both electrical and thermal energy from natural gas, greatly reducing the environmental impact and representing an important competitive advantage for the tannery Group.
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I was reading a recent article by Esha Chhabra in Forbes magazine about an Australian leather handbag company. It was one of those initially annoying articles where a clever bit of PR is dressed up as something new, promoting this particular range of handbags as ethical because the production is small and the tannery has an effluent plant.
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